Graduation Requirements for English for Speakers of Other Languages Program Students; Authorizes certain ESOL program students to meet Algebra I end-of-course assessment requirements in specified manner.
Home Inspectors ; Revises examination & disclosure requirements for home inspectors; requires home inspectors to maintain errors & omissions insurance policy in specified amount.
County Administrators; Requiring that a county administrator be elected at certain general elections for a specified term of office in certain counties; requiring that a county administrator be an elected official under certain circumstances; requiring the Office of Economic and Demographic Research to certify the population of each county to specified persons in certain years; requiring that the first election of a county administrator occur in certain counties at a specified election, for a specified term of office, etc.
Adaptive Reuse of Land; Requiring counties and municipalities, respectively, to authorize certain allowable uses for the development of adaptive reuse projects; requiring the Adaptive Reuse Public-Private Partnership Council to perform a certain evaluation as it relates to the reduction in parking; authorizing a board of county commissioners and a municipal governing body, respectively, to adopt an ordinance for transitional housing for a specified purpose; creating the “Adaptive Reuse Initiative Act”, etc.
Pub. Rec./Florida Is For Veterans, Inc. ; Provides exemption from public records requirements for specified materials & information received, generated, ascertained, or discovered by Florida Is For Veterans, Inc., while administering Veterans Florida Opportunity Program; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity.
Preferences for Veterans and Military Spouses; Requiring the state and its political subdivisions to give preference in appointment and retention in positions of employment to the spouses of wartime veterans, veterans, members of any reserve component of the United States Armed Forces or the Florida National Guard, and certain active duty servicemembers; defining the term “veteran-owned or military spouse-owned business”; providing for contracting preferences for such businesses; citing this act as the "Florida Veterans and Military Spouse Business Development Act", etc.
Fees/Agents of Student Athletes; Requiring agents wishing to represent student athletes to pay a specified application fee to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation; requiring such agents to pay a specified renewal fee annually to the department, etc.
Carbon Sequestration; Creates Carbon Sequestration Task Force adjunct to DEP; requires task force to submit specified reports to Secretary of Environmental Protection, Governor, & Legislature; provides that participation in certain programs or activities is voluntary; requires certain frameworks or enforcement mechanisms to have explicit legislative approval.
Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact; Creating the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact; authorizing member states to obtain biometric-based information from and conduct criminal background checks on licensees applying for a compact privilege; providing for joint investigations of licensees under the compact; providing for commission membership, voting, and meetings; exempting occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants from licensure requirements if they are practicing in this state pursuant to a compact privilege under the compact, etc.
HCR 1509 is a concurrent resolution proposing to ratify a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would guarantee equal rights regardless of sex. It directly affects the constitutional amendment process by seeking state legislative approval for this specific amendment. The key mechanism is the resolution itself, which would formally endorse the amendment for consideration by the U.S. Congress and states. This is a procedural step in the constitutional amendment process, not a law changing current rights or policies.
Carbon Sequestration; Creating the Carbon Sequestration Task Force adjunct to the Department of Environmental Protection; providing for task force membership, meetings, and duties; requiring the task force to submit specified reports to the Secretary of Environmental Protection and to the Governor and the Legislature by specified dates, etc. APPROPRIATION: $350,000
Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact; Creates Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact; provides purpose & objectives; requires member states to meet certain requirements to join & participate in compact; provides criteria that occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant must satisfy to practice under compact; provides requirements for renewal of equivalent license in member state; authorizes active military member & his or her spouse to be deemed as having home state license; requires member states to report adverse actions taken against license of occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant by other member states; establishes Occupational Therapy Compact Commission; provides for jurisdiction & venue for court proceedings; provides membership, duties, & powers; requires member states to participate in exchange of specified information; authorizes commission to adopt rules & bylaws; provides for development, maintenance, & use of coordinated database & reporting system; requires member states to submit specified information to data system; provides requirements for information in data system; provides rulemaking procedures; provides for state enforcement of compact; provides for termination of compact membership; provides procedures for resolution of certain disputes.
